Improvement in inkstands



E. w. swans.

INKSTANDS.

No. 195,462. Patented Sept.25,1877- Wdnessea UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

ELIZABETH W. STILES, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT m INKSTANDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 195,462, datedSeptember 25, 1877; application filed February 27, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ELIZABETH W. STILEs, ofPhiladelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SuspendedInk-Wells; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon,

which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section online 00 a; of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side view of the ink-well detached.Fig. 4 is a plan view of the pivoted rings within which the ink-well isplaced.

The object of my invention is to suspend an ink-well to a frame orbrackets, so that said ink-well shall be kept in constant position, orcork side up, by force of gravity-as, for instance, in the raising of adesk-lid to which the inkstand may be rigidly attached, so that theink-well maintains a perpendicular position independent of the motion ofthe object to which the inkstand is attached; also, in the rolling of aship the constant position of the ink-well is maintained withoutlateral, oscillatory, or swinging motion.

The device, it is believed, will be especially useful for marinepurposes, railway postalcars, &c., and generally in the construction ofdesks and secretaries.

In the drawings, Fig. 1, A represents the ink-well, suspended on pivotsB B in a metallic ring, 0, which operates within another ring, E, towhich the said ring 0 is pivoted at B B. The ring E is supported by thepivots c c in the frame D. The pivots are at right angles andequidistant, thereby causing the axes of their revolution to beperpendicular to each other.

In Fig. 2 the seal F F of the ink-well opens from the center on hinges,and its sections are arrested, when poised in proper position, by theprojections G G.

In Fig. 3 the flange H rests upon the ring 0, (represented in Fig. 4;)and the lugs K K in Fig. 3 are made to slide through the recesses L L inFig. 4, when a partial revolution of the ink-well to the right or leftlocks it to the ring 0, from which it cannot be re' leased until thesaid lugs K K are opposite the said recesses L L.

Z Z are cars, and X X are the feet, of the frame D, which are perforatedfor attachment to a desk or other article.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination of the hinged seals F F, provided with projections GG, with the band I. substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of a binnacle-balanced fluid-receptacle and of twinseals or covers, pivoted at the periphery of the orifice of thereceptacle, and opening outwardly from the center thereof, whereby, whenthe seals are open, the equilibrium of the receptacle is maintained.

3. As a new article of manufacture, an inkstand consisting of thefollowing elements, to wit, the raised annular ring-frame D, providedwith perforated feet X and ears Z, the gimbal mechanism, and thereceptacle A, with twin seals or covers F F, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own invention 1 affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

MRS. ELIZABETH W. STILES.

Witnesses:

Mrs. M. A. MAXWELL, Miss MARY L. SHERMAN.

